TY - JOUR
T1 - Reply to Lucas & Henneberg
T2 - Are human faces unique?
AU - Meester, Ronald
AU - Preneel, Bart
AU - Wenmackers, Sylvia
PY - 2019/4
Y1 - 2019/4
N2 - This paper offers a response to the 2015 article of Lucas and Henneberg “Are human faces unique?” (Forensic Sci. Int. 257, 514.e1–514.e6), as well as to the subsequent popularization thereof. In the first part, we assess the probabilistic claims made by the authors and find crucial parts to be unsupported. In particular, the authors offer no probabilistic model on which to base their conclusions. Even if we disregard the errors identified in the first part, we find a troubling discrepancy between the published findings and the popular summary.
AB - This paper offers a response to the 2015 article of Lucas and Henneberg “Are human faces unique?” (Forensic Sci. Int. 257, 514.e1–514.e6), as well as to the subsequent popularization thereof. In the first part, we assess the probabilistic claims made by the authors and find crucial parts to be unsupported. In particular, the authors offer no probabilistic model on which to base their conclusions. Even if we disregard the errors identified in the first part, we find a troubling discrepancy between the published findings and the popular summary.
KW - Facial recognition
KW - Forensics
KW - Match probability
KW - Video surveillance
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U2 - 10.1016/j.forsciint.2019.01.038
DO - 10.1016/j.forsciint.2019.01.038
M3 - Article
C2 - 30831413
AN - SCOPUS:85062261524
SN - 0379-0738
VL - 297
SP - 217
EP - 220
JO - Forensic Science International
JF - Forensic Science International
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